The Turkish version of the mixed state scale in bipolar disorder

Background: There is no clinical scale that specifically measures the phenomena of bipolar disorders mixed state. This scale includes clinically relevant symptoms of both mania and depression in a bivariate scale. In its original population, the United Kingdom, it captures the key features of the mixed state of bipolar disorder. The scale also endorses the view that mixed states may be more than the sum of their parts. It allows endorsement of one or more of the manic and depressive symptoms. The aim of the present study was ta examine whether the scale answered the same purpose for the Turkish clinical population and then conduct the Turkish version of the scale in the Turkish population including both the clinical and nonclinical population.

Method:

The patients and the participants from the normal population with no psychiatric diagnosis were asked to fill out the tests. Data were collected by means of face-to-face applications in both clinical and ‘normal populations’. Reliability and validity analysis was applied.

Results and Conclusions: The results indicated that this scale appears to capture the key features or mixed states rn the Turkish population too. Moreover, the scale can be used to identify the patients diagnosed with bipolar disorder on their‘ experiences of mixed state in the Turkish population. Through  the usage of the scale, it is expected that some diagnostic problems may be eliminated for the Turkish population,

Keywords: the mixed state scale in bipolar disorder, Turkish,  bipolar disorder, affective disorders